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RAILWAY TRACK.

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UNITED SrAlfrEs iArENr @Erica IJOHN GEOEGE HEicHEAuM, OE YOUNGsrOwN, OHIO7 AssiGNoE OE ONE-4 HALE rro JOHN o. HLoEEEnsrEin, OE sAME PLAGE.

RAILWAY-TRACK.

`SPEL?IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,523, datedfl'anuary 8, 1884.

I :Application filed February L7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN GEORGE KRIGH- :BAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing `at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning letters and figures of reference marked thcre- Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan view, in detail, of a portion of the railway-track; Fig. 4, a detail view,in perspective, ofthe brace-rod; Fig. 5, a similar view of the under side of the clamping-plate, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of one of the stay-rods.

The present invention has for its object to provide a railway-track to take the place of the `usual wooden ties or sleepers and the ordinary sh-plates, and like means necessary in constructing a track of the common form; and among the many features of novelty and superiority of such a railway-track over those ordinarily in use are strength, durability, rmness, and the great rapidity with which the tracks or roads can be built, while from any cause should any portion of the rail become broken the partsA would be still held in a straight line, thereby not affecting the usefulness of the track at any point along the road. These several objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a metal casting formed upon each side with any suitable number of brackets, B, each bracket having` a T-shaped elongated slot, a, to receive the square-headed screw-bolts b, which are thus prevented from turning by their form and the slot, as above described. The brackets B, at their outer ends, are provided with shouldersl 0,. against which abuts the outer edge of suitable plates, hereinafter described, the casting A having a central seat, C, upon which rests the base of the rail-sec- 5o tion, the seat upon each side thereof having a longitudinal flange, d, to prevent the rail-section from lateral displacement, and holding it firmly in atrue line with the adjoining section of rail at the rail-joints.

The sections of rail represented at D E, after being placed in position within the seat C of the castings, A,arermlyheld by clampingplates F and confining-plates G, the screwthreaded ends of the bolts b passing up through holes in the plates and engaging with screwnuts e. These plates are of sufficient length to project over and upon the bottom flange of the rail, the opposite edge of the plate abutting against the shoulders c of the brack-` ets. The shoulders c hold the plates F G rmly in place and prevent them from moving in alateral or transverse direction after the plates are tightened down in place on the brackets by the screw-bolts and nuts. The clamping-plates F serve the 4saine purpose as the usual fish-plates, and have upon their under side lugs f, as shown in Fig. 5, said lugs engaging with notches g, near the adjacent ends of the rail-sections, thus forming a strong and durable joint at the meeting ends of the several sections of rail, thus the clamping-plates serving the double purpose of a fish-plate and means for holding the sections of rail firmly down upon the seat O.

It should be understood that the castings A, having the brackets B, after the road-bed is properly formed, are laid along the same, as shown in Fig. l, the castings upon the Opposite sides of the road being held apart at a suitable distance, as the gage of the road requires, by stay-rods H, as shown in Fig. 3. These stay-rodsHhave T-shaped or other suitably-formed heads, h, which are seated upon the base of the casting A, and held between.

blocks i, which serve as a lock to hold the stay-rods in place. The castings A are con nected together at their adjacent ends by brace-rods I, provided with flanged arms k, which extend over the ends of the seats C, said rods extending transversely across the track and in like manner connecting together the two opposite castings. After the several castings are thus laid and connected together, as above described, the spaces between the same and between the brackets are lled in with earth, gravel, and stone, or other mate- 'rial usually employed as ballast in the con- IOO 2 @eases strueting of roads, thus forming a substantial, durable, strong, and solid bed or railwaytrack, Without danger oi' the rail-sections becoming displaced or working loose, and should any section of the rail become broken it would not affect the track, as the flanged seat and plates for holding the rail thereon would retain the broken section in a true line with the adjacent sections of rail.

If preferred, a suitable lock for the nuts may be employed to prevent them from turning on the screw-threaded end oi' the bolts, a key, Z, in the present instance being used, which extends down through an elongated slot in the plates, this being considered the most simple and practical, although other wellknown means for accomplishing the same purpose may be substituted without departing from the principle of my invention. i

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The brackets B, formed with T-shaperl slots a, in combination with the screw-bolts and nuts and the plates F G, as a means for securing the rail-sections in position, substantially as and for the purpose set i'orth.

2. The castings A and brackets B, having T-shaped slots a and shoulders c, in combination with the screw-bolts and nuts, the plates G, and plates F, the latter having lugs f to fit in. notches in the flange of the rail-seetions,

substantially as and for the purpose specified. 3. rIhe castings A, formed with central railbed, C, having'flanges d and slotted brackets B, in combination with the plates F G, and suitable screw-bolts and nuts for fastening them in place over the iange of the rail-sec tions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the castings A, formed with central ianged scat, C, and

-brackets B, arranged transversely and upon each side thereof, of the transverse brace-rods I, having iianged arms 7c extending downwardly and over the endsl of the flanged seats of the four castings, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The castings A, having central flanged seat, C, and a series of brackets, B, arranged transversely and upon each side of the seat, and having between the brackets the blocks i, in combination with the stay-rods H, having suitably formed heads h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The castings A, having brackets B, and langed seat C for the rail-sections, :in combination with the brace-rods I, having flanged arms 7c, and the stay-rods H, having suitable heads, h, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JIIN GEORGE KRIGHBAUM.

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L. C. YOUNG, JOHN SWEENEY. 

